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Originally Posted by m-mom
Hi,
just wondering about the relationship any of you have with your birth siblings and how you feel about them.
We have an open adoption and my b-son is 10, an only child, and i'm 7 1/2 months pregnant. On my last visit he asked me if he would still be an only child, and then told me he thinks he still is and she isn't his sister. I just assumed they would consider themselves brother and sister that don't live together. Maybe he needs time to process it and actually meet her. I don't want to be pushy. I wasn't sure how to answer him or respond. Any input?
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I am an amom and both my kids (age 5 and 3) have siblings in other homes (with birth family or other adoptive family). We talk of them as brothers and sisters all the time. They have each other and live together as a family in our home, and then they have siblings that live in other homes with other parents. That is how we talk about it. They may not know them that well yet, but they still exist and we won't deny their existence.
In fact, this weekend, DD's sister and her mom (not DD's birth mom) are coming to visit us for the whole weekend. We can't wait.